The Steelers did not tender restricted free agent Eli Rogers, making him an unrestricted free agent.

OLB Antony Chickillo, another restricted free agent, was tendered at the lowest level. The Steelers are barely under the cap right now and figure they can probably re-sign Rogers at a reduced price coming off his ACL injury. Rogers nabbed 48 catches as the Steelers' primary slot receiver in 2016 but was wasn't much of a factor last year with JuJu Smith-Schuster and Martavis Bryant eating into his targets.